Chuck Schumer

The Senate must wait until 1 a.m. to consider the measure and it will require 60 votes — including at least nine Democrats — to advance. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Immigration

Party leaders trade blame for shutdown ahead of late-night vote to restore funding

Susan Ferrechio -

January 21, 2018 7:36 pm

Immigration

Chris Coons: Chuck Schumer had to explain to Trump the difference between funding authorization and appropriation

Naomi Lim -

January 21, 2018 5:11 pm

Immigration

Dick Durbin: Trump’s negotiation and leadership skills found wanting in shutdown negotiations

Kyle Feldscher -

January 21, 2018 5:03 pm

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney speaks with reporters at the White House, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Immigration

Mick Mulvaney: Some Democrats want the shutdown to last until Trump’s State of the Union

Naomi Lim -

January 21, 2018 4:04 pm

Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney, left, speaks as Marc Short, White House director for legislative affairs, stands nearby during a press briefing at the White House, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Healthcare

Mick Mulvaney says Democrats are shutting down government for a ‘massive spending bill’ that won’t get done

Kyle Feldscher -

January 21, 2018 3:13 pm

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced late Saturday that Democratic objections to speedy consideration of the Feb. 8 measure means the Senate will vote on the bill Monday morning at 1 a.m. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

News

Congress to stay in session all weekend as parties trade blame for shutdown

Al Weaver, Susan Ferrechio -

January 21, 2018 1:04 am

During the last government shutdown in 2013, Congress passed legislation in advance that kept troops paid and allowed about 350,000 furloughed Defense Department civilians to return to work. This time, bills were filed in both the House and Senate in the hours before the deadline and went nowhere. (Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway, U.S. Air Force / Defense.gov via Wikimedia Commons)

Foreign Policy

Congress barrels into shutdown without protecting military pay

Travis J. Tritten -

January 20, 2018 9:08 pm

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer likened negotiating with President Trump to doing so with

News

Chuck Schumer likens Trump talks to ‘negotiating with jello,’ wonders who’s in charge at White House

Al Weaver -

January 20, 2018 6:49 pm

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said his caucus would accept a Senate bill to fund the government through Feb. 8 amid the onset of a partial government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

News

‘Not picky anymore’: House Republicans signal openness to three-week funding bill

Al Weaver -

January 20, 2018 5:12 pm

On Saturday morning, President Trump tweeted that the Democrats in Senate

Immigration

Trump says Democrats ‘could have easily made a deal’ to avoid shutdown, Schumer says Trump balked on border wall offer

Daniel Chaitin -

January 20, 2018 1:02 pm

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Party leaders trade blame for shutdown ahead of late-night vote to restore funding

Chris Coons: Chuck Schumer had to explain to Trump the difference between funding authorization and appropriation

Dick Durbin: Trump’s negotiation and leadership skills found wanting in shutdown negotiations

Mick Mulvaney: Some Democrats want the shutdown to last until Trump’s State of the Union

Mick Mulvaney says Democrats are shutting down government for a ‘massive spending bill’ that won’t get done

Congress to stay in session all weekend as parties trade blame for shutdown

Congress barrels into shutdown without protecting military pay

Chuck Schumer likens Trump talks to ‘negotiating with jello,’ wonders who’s in charge at White House

‘Not picky anymore’: House Republicans signal openness to three-week funding bill

Trump says Democrats ‘could have easily made a deal’ to avoid shutdown, Schumer says Trump balked on border wall offer

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